Dryer vent cleaning is important for several reasons. Dryer vent cleaning is the number one way to prevent dryer fires. Dryer vent cleaning promotes maximum dryer performance while reducing energy consumption.
To understand the importance of dryer vent cleaning, you need to understand how the whole system works.
As clothes dry, lint is removed and blown out of the dryer through the dryer vent system. The lint trap in your clothes dryer will capture about 60 percent of that lint. Most people realize the importance of cleaning the lint screen after each load. But that's only 60 percent. What happens to the other 40 percent?
Some of the lint that escapes the screen gets trapped in the dryer duct leading to the vent outdoors. Your dryer duct is attached to the back of your dryer and it should lead to the dryer vent outside. Lint can also be inside the back of your dryer, around the motor, belts and pulleys. Lint build-up inside the dryer chassis can lead to problems if maintenance is neglected.
Contrary to popular belief, very little dryer lint actually makes it to the vent outdoors. Most of it is stuck to the sides of the dryer duct. This stuck lint attracts more lint, which is how lint builds up and blocks air flow.
The dryer vent system is really designed to remove heat and moisture from tumbling laundry as it dries. Unfortunately, air flow carries lint into the dryer vent system as well. Eventually, the lint builds up and heat cannot escape. This is why you might notice your dryer taking longer to dry a load of laundry. If this is the case, your dryer is using excess energy and has become a fire hazard.
Even the very best dryer vent system needs to be maintained. There is no such thing as a maintenance free clothes dryer. Dryer vent cleaning is recommended annually to keep dryers functioning safely and efficiently.
Don Brusseau is a certified dryer exhaust technician specializing in dryer vent cleaning and dryer vent exhaust services. He enjoys building relationships with customers and educating them on efficient use and maintenance of their dryer exhaust system.
Dryer Vent Wizard of Connecticut provides dryer vent cleaning, dryer vent repair, dryer vent installation, dryer vent inspections and all dryer vent services for homes and businesses in Hartford, Newington, New Britain, Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Danbury, Middletown, Portland, New Haven, Waterbury, Milford, and all cities and communities in Connecticut
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